7 Named 2022 Top Students At Manchester Jr.-Sr. High School
May 1, 2022 at 9:13 p.m.
7 Named 2022 Top Students At Manchester Jr.-Sr. High School
By Staff Report-
Wampler, Stetzel, Michel, Marvel, Fierstos and Case have grade point averages of 4.0 and Hippensteel has a 3.99 grade point average after seven semesters.
Wampler has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll honors for four years of high school. As a member of the National Honor Society, she served as the chapter secretary this year. She participated in Key Club and Spanish Club for all four years of high school.
She has received perfect attendance and scholar- athlete status recognition. Athletically, Wampler participated in tennis for three years where she was named most improved in 2020. She also received TRC Academic All Conference in 2021.
After graduating from high school with an Academic Honors Diploma, Wampler plans to attend a four-year college for political science.
She is the daughter of Craig and Deanna Wampler.
Stetzel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll honors for four years of high school. She was a member of the student council from 2018 until 2020. Stetzel is also a two-year member of the National Honor Society and is serving as president this year.
She was recognized as Outstanding Spanish Student, an AP Scholar with Honor, Rising Star of Indiana and College Board National Rural and Small Town Standout. She was also selected as a Scholar Athlete in soccer, softball and basketball. Stetzel was a member of the Key Club this past year as well.
In her extracurricular activities, she was her team’s captain in soccer for four years and in softball for three years. She was also a member of the basketball and track and field teams for a year respectively. During her athletic career, Stetzel was recognized for the Squire Award and Rotary Mental Attitude award. The TRC conference awarded her all conference in both soccer and softball.
After graduating with honors, she plans to study environmental science at Valparaiso University and then pursue master’s and doctorate degrees in further specialized fields. Eventually, she intends to explore the world and work for the National Park Service.
She is the daughter of Matt and Stacy Stetzel.
Michel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll during all four years of high school. She is a member of the National Honor Society and was the student council class president for her freshman, sophomore and junior years. She is currently serving as the student body president as a senior.
Michel has been very active throughout her four years of high school. She has been involved in Key Club, Spanish Club and Art Club all four years of high school. She participated in Science Olympiad all four years and has received multiple state Science Olympiad medals. She also received recognition as a National AP Scholar with Honors and is a member of two different College Board recognition programs.
Michel has participated in four years of varsity cheerleading where she served twice as team captain, earned four-year scholar athlete recognition as well as All-American Athlete honors. She also found time to participate as a PAC crew member, in speech and debate and Icarian Plunge.
Michel is active in fine arts, receiving three Scholastic Gold Keys, four Scholastic Silver Keys and three Scholastic Honor Mentions. She had multiple winnings in art shows including Honeywell, Huntington University and Scholastic. Finally, Jade was successful in 4-H receiving grand champion at three different state fair shows and multiple state 4-H awards.
After graduating from high school with an Academic Honors diploma, Michel plans to attend Harvard University to pursue a degree in economics, with the hope to one day work in socio-economic and cultural analytics.
She is the daughter of Barb Michel.
Marvel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. Marvel is a recognized member of National Honor Society and served as treasurer.
She has been involved with band and choir all throughout high school. She has participated in marching band and concert band for four years and six years respectively. She has also been a member of the Pep band for six years. During her years of participation in band, Marvel has achieved honors at district and state solo and ensemble contests, was selected as drum major of the marching band and received recognition as a member of the Wabash County Honor Band for four years.
Marvel is active in choir and concert choir. She has awards at the district and state solo and ensemble contests and has achieved honors in All-State Choir and County Honor Choir for three years. She has been a member of the student council for all four years of high school and participated in the German exchange program as a sophomore.
In athletics, Marvel was a four-year member of the tennis team, serving as the team captain and played volleyball as a freshman. She participated in Science Olympiad since grade school and served as a student Science Olympiad coach. Finally, she has participated in many musicals and drama productions since 2016.
After graduating from high school Marvel will attend Huntington University to study nursing. Then she plans to attend a university to obtain her master’s degree in nursing to work as a family, pediatric or emergency nurse practitioner.
She is the daughter of Linda and Stan Miller and Paul Marvel.
Fierstos has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. Fierstos has participated in soccer and basketball all four years of high school. He is a member of the National Honor Society during both his junior and senior years. He has been active in JAG and has been an Academic All-Conference selection in both basketball and soccer. He has also spent time during the spring coaching soccer.
Fierstos was one of the key contributors to helping start a disc golf course on the Manchester Jr.-Sr. High School campus. He finished second in the regional JAG competition in creative solutions and was a founding member of the Trailblazers Diversity Advisory Council.
After graduating with academic honors, he will attend Purdue University to study finance and hopes to one day become a financial advisor.
He is the son of Mandy Fierstos and Josh Fierstos.
Case has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. He has been recognized as the 2021-22 DAR Wabash County Good Citizen Award recipient. He has received the track and field Squire Award this past year and has been recognized as an AP Scholar with Honor. He is a member of the National Honor Society and served as the vice president this year. Gabriel also was a member of student council during the 2018-19 school year.
In extracurricular activities, Case performed in the spring musical, “Once Upon a Mattress.” He also participated in Junior Achievement MIS Instruction in 2022 and served on the NxtGen Leadership committee in 2019-20. Gabriel was instrumental in the NASA Techrise selection to send a student derived experiment into space in 2023. He served on the Icarian Plunge selection committee the last two years and served the community by being a part of the Wabash River Defenders in 2020.
In athletics, Case played basketball for three years from 2018-21 and was a member of the track and field team for the last two seasons. He was crowned the Wabash County High Jump Champion in 2021, indoor track and field state qualifier in high jump in 2022, regional qualifier in high jump in 2021 and continues to compete this spring. In 2018-19, he was awarded the Most Improved JV Basketball player. Finally, he was awarded the Squire Award in Unified Flag Football in 2021-22.
After graduating with an Academic Honors diploma, Case plans to attend Purdue University to study mechanical, chemical or computer engineering, and pursue a career in the engineering sector.
He is the son of Judd and Joanne Case.
Hippensteel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. She has been recognized as a member of the National Honor Society the last two years. Her individual awards include the Squire award as a junior and senior in golf and Academic All-Conference as a junior and senior in golf and tennis. She also was honored as a member of the Wabash County Honor Band twice. As a 10 year member in 4-H, she has completed over 100 projects and has taken part in the Wabash County Queen’s Pageant.
Hippensteel has been involved with volunteering as a member of her youth group at Manchester Church of the Brethren. She also helped with multiple community service projects including traveling to New Mexico to spend a week helping those in need on a Navajo Reservation.
Her clubs, extracurricular activities and athletic involvement include four years of tennis and three years of golf. She participated in four years of Science Olympiad, band and theater as well as three years in choir. She also was a four-year member of student council, two years in speech/debate club, Key club and Spanish club.
In other extracurricular activities, she participated in four years of pep band and a year of marching band. Finally, she traveled to Germany as a member of the German Exchange Program her freshman year.
After graduating from high school with an Academic Honors diploma, Hippensteel will attend Michigan State University to major in environmental studies and minor in biology. After college, she will pursue a career working for a major organization or government agency focusing on sustainable energy sources and green energy as a whole.
She is the daughter of Seth and Elizabeth Hippensteel.
Wampler, Stetzel, Michel, Marvel, Fierstos and Case have grade point averages of 4.0 and Hippensteel has a 3.99 grade point average after seven semesters.
Wampler has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll honors for four years of high school. As a member of the National Honor Society, she served as the chapter secretary this year. She participated in Key Club and Spanish Club for all four years of high school.
She has received perfect attendance and scholar- athlete status recognition. Athletically, Wampler participated in tennis for three years where she was named most improved in 2020. She also received TRC Academic All Conference in 2021.
After graduating from high school with an Academic Honors Diploma, Wampler plans to attend a four-year college for political science.
She is the daughter of Craig and Deanna Wampler.
Stetzel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll honors for four years of high school. She was a member of the student council from 2018 until 2020. Stetzel is also a two-year member of the National Honor Society and is serving as president this year.
She was recognized as Outstanding Spanish Student, an AP Scholar with Honor, Rising Star of Indiana and College Board National Rural and Small Town Standout. She was also selected as a Scholar Athlete in soccer, softball and basketball. Stetzel was a member of the Key Club this past year as well.
In her extracurricular activities, she was her team’s captain in soccer for four years and in softball for three years. She was also a member of the basketball and track and field teams for a year respectively. During her athletic career, Stetzel was recognized for the Squire Award and Rotary Mental Attitude award. The TRC conference awarded her all conference in both soccer and softball.
After graduating with honors, she plans to study environmental science at Valparaiso University and then pursue master’s and doctorate degrees in further specialized fields. Eventually, she intends to explore the world and work for the National Park Service.
She is the daughter of Matt and Stacy Stetzel.
Michel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll during all four years of high school. She is a member of the National Honor Society and was the student council class president for her freshman, sophomore and junior years. She is currently serving as the student body president as a senior.
Michel has been very active throughout her four years of high school. She has been involved in Key Club, Spanish Club and Art Club all four years of high school. She participated in Science Olympiad all four years and has received multiple state Science Olympiad medals. She also received recognition as a National AP Scholar with Honors and is a member of two different College Board recognition programs.
Michel has participated in four years of varsity cheerleading where she served twice as team captain, earned four-year scholar athlete recognition as well as All-American Athlete honors. She also found time to participate as a PAC crew member, in speech and debate and Icarian Plunge.
Michel is active in fine arts, receiving three Scholastic Gold Keys, four Scholastic Silver Keys and three Scholastic Honor Mentions. She had multiple winnings in art shows including Honeywell, Huntington University and Scholastic. Finally, Jade was successful in 4-H receiving grand champion at three different state fair shows and multiple state 4-H awards.
After graduating from high school with an Academic Honors diploma, Michel plans to attend Harvard University to pursue a degree in economics, with the hope to one day work in socio-economic and cultural analytics.
She is the daughter of Barb Michel.
Marvel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. Marvel is a recognized member of National Honor Society and served as treasurer.
She has been involved with band and choir all throughout high school. She has participated in marching band and concert band for four years and six years respectively. She has also been a member of the Pep band for six years. During her years of participation in band, Marvel has achieved honors at district and state solo and ensemble contests, was selected as drum major of the marching band and received recognition as a member of the Wabash County Honor Band for four years.
Marvel is active in choir and concert choir. She has awards at the district and state solo and ensemble contests and has achieved honors in All-State Choir and County Honor Choir for three years. She has been a member of the student council for all four years of high school and participated in the German exchange program as a sophomore.
In athletics, Marvel was a four-year member of the tennis team, serving as the team captain and played volleyball as a freshman. She participated in Science Olympiad since grade school and served as a student Science Olympiad coach. Finally, she has participated in many musicals and drama productions since 2016.
After graduating from high school Marvel will attend Huntington University to study nursing. Then she plans to attend a university to obtain her master’s degree in nursing to work as a family, pediatric or emergency nurse practitioner.
She is the daughter of Linda and Stan Miller and Paul Marvel.
Fierstos has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. Fierstos has participated in soccer and basketball all four years of high school. He is a member of the National Honor Society during both his junior and senior years. He has been active in JAG and has been an Academic All-Conference selection in both basketball and soccer. He has also spent time during the spring coaching soccer.
Fierstos was one of the key contributors to helping start a disc golf course on the Manchester Jr.-Sr. High School campus. He finished second in the regional JAG competition in creative solutions and was a founding member of the Trailblazers Diversity Advisory Council.
After graduating with academic honors, he will attend Purdue University to study finance and hopes to one day become a financial advisor.
He is the son of Mandy Fierstos and Josh Fierstos.
Case has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. He has been recognized as the 2021-22 DAR Wabash County Good Citizen Award recipient. He has received the track and field Squire Award this past year and has been recognized as an AP Scholar with Honor. He is a member of the National Honor Society and served as the vice president this year. Gabriel also was a member of student council during the 2018-19 school year.
In extracurricular activities, Case performed in the spring musical, “Once Upon a Mattress.” He also participated in Junior Achievement MIS Instruction in 2022 and served on the NxtGen Leadership committee in 2019-20. Gabriel was instrumental in the NASA Techrise selection to send a student derived experiment into space in 2023. He served on the Icarian Plunge selection committee the last two years and served the community by being a part of the Wabash River Defenders in 2020.
In athletics, Case played basketball for three years from 2018-21 and was a member of the track and field team for the last two seasons. He was crowned the Wabash County High Jump Champion in 2021, indoor track and field state qualifier in high jump in 2022, regional qualifier in high jump in 2021 and continues to compete this spring. In 2018-19, he was awarded the Most Improved JV Basketball player. Finally, he was awarded the Squire Award in Unified Flag Football in 2021-22.
After graduating with an Academic Honors diploma, Case plans to attend Purdue University to study mechanical, chemical or computer engineering, and pursue a career in the engineering sector.
He is the son of Judd and Joanne Case.
Hippensteel has earned Academic Excellence and highest honor roll all four years of high school. She has been recognized as a member of the National Honor Society the last two years. Her individual awards include the Squire award as a junior and senior in golf and Academic All-Conference as a junior and senior in golf and tennis. She also was honored as a member of the Wabash County Honor Band twice. As a 10 year member in 4-H, she has completed over 100 projects and has taken part in the Wabash County Queen’s Pageant.
Hippensteel has been involved with volunteering as a member of her youth group at Manchester Church of the Brethren. She also helped with multiple community service projects including traveling to New Mexico to spend a week helping those in need on a Navajo Reservation.
Her clubs, extracurricular activities and athletic involvement include four years of tennis and three years of golf. She participated in four years of Science Olympiad, band and theater as well as three years in choir. She also was a four-year member of student council, two years in speech/debate club, Key club and Spanish club.
In other extracurricular activities, she participated in four years of pep band and a year of marching band. Finally, she traveled to Germany as a member of the German Exchange Program her freshman year.
After graduating from high school with an Academic Honors diploma, Hippensteel will attend Michigan State University to major in environmental studies and minor in biology. After college, she will pursue a career working for a major organization or government agency focusing on sustainable energy sources and green energy as a whole.
She is the daughter of Seth and Elizabeth Hippensteel.
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